Gonzalo de Sandoval

Gonzalo de Sandoval (1497-1528) was a Spanish conquistador in New Spain and Governor of New Spain from 2 March to 22 August 1527, interrupting Hernan Cortez's terms.

Biography
Gonzalo de Sandoval was born in Medellin, Spain in 1497, and he was one of the young men from the Extremadura who was lured to the New World by promises of riches and glory. He became Hernan Cortes' youngest lieutenant, and he captured Cortes' rival Panfilo de Narvaez when he was sent to Mexico to arrest Cortes. In 1520, Sandoval commanded the Spanish vanguard during the Night of Sorrows, and he also fought at the Battle of Otumba. Sandoval was also wounded twice during the fighting on the Tenochtitlan causeways in 1521 during the Fall of Tenochtitlan, and he captured the Aztec emperor Cuauhtemoc and brought him to Cortes. On 25 July 1523, he founded the city of Colima, the third oldest city in the former New Spain. Sandoval took part in Cortes' 1524 expedition to Honduras, and he traveled with Cortes to Spain in 1527, dying shortly after his arrival from a serious illness contracted during the journey.